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Let it be known that given the choice between Israel & Iran, The World’s only Jewish State or a possible 2nd Holocaust the NJDC Chose.. Obama. (Updated below)

The rally is over, the numbers were weak, the political stars were not in attendance and a major opportunity for American Jewry and the legions of Christian Zionists to show their support for Israel, America and the quest to stop an Iranian Nuclear weapon was lost.

Time to Assign Blame

Now that the rally has passed & this important event was far less than it could have been it is time to assign blame. The blame goes to leadership of American Jewish Democrats. Cloaking themselves in non partisanship they have in fact displayed the ultimate partisanship, and harmed the State of Israel.

They have illustrated more clearly than anyone ever possibly could that in this Presidential race in the US, Democratic words that flow from the Democrats & Obama ticket are hollow. If the NJDC can choose its own self interests over Israel, it means that Obama certainly can too despite his endless assurances.

The NJDC

The NJDC strives to educate American Jews across the country about the differences between their political candidates on issues of concern to them, particularly focusing on protecting reproductive rights, the separation of church and state and a strong US-Israel relationship.

Yet, Ira Forman and the NJDC have weakened that relationship, threatened the State of Israel, threatened Israel’s American supporters, and threatened the gamut of Pro Israel American institutions for purely partisan reasons, in an attempt to cloak their democratic candidate and fool Jewish Democrats by denying them the real differences between political candidates on critical issues, in direct contravention of NJDC’s mission statement. The difference is the Republicans were prepared to stand with Israel, the Democrat leadership chose to stand with Obama. This is indeed a KEY difference. Very educational to us in Israel, thank you.

Monday’s protest against Ahmadinejadis too important to be tainted by partisanship. Unfortunately, the campaign of Senator John McCain is much more interested in scoring political points than insuring there is bipartisan solidarity around the anti- Ahmadinejad efforts. Therefore, we call upon the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations to withdraw the invitation to Governor Sarah Palin andwe applaud Senator Hillary Clinton’s decision to not attend the rally after the attendance of Palin was announced.

By withdrawing Palin’s invitation, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations will be able to return the focus to America’s outrage towards the genocidal musings and nuclear ambitions of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

This is a perversion of the truth. Too important to be tainted by partisanship? Only it seems when Obama is unwilling to send representatives. Before when Hillary Clinton, or Biden, or another surrogate might go to bolster Obama’s poor record on Israel issues the NJDC had no concerns about partisanship, it welcomed partisanship andfrankly so did I. Nothing would make an Israeli happier than to see big names stand with us in support from whatever party.

When the Republicans equally chose to send big names to support the State of Israel & America against Iranian lunacy, in the form of Sarah Palin – Democrats pulled their supportand issued threats, Hillary Clinton the SENATOR FROM NEW YORK pulled her own support, decided to stay home. Then despite non partisan assurances outfits like the NJDC chose the entirely partisan option of threatening the entire event itself, the President of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, and anyone else they could in a manner so shameful it has never been seen before in Malcolm Hoenlein’s own words. (HTDaled Amos)

Yesterday, NJDC said that Monday’s protest against Ahmadinejad was too important to be tainted by partisanship. Today, NJDC commends the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, the National Coalition to Stop Iran Now, The Israel Project, United Jewish Communities, the UJA-Federation of New York and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs for making the right decision by withdrawing their invitation to Governor Sarah Palin. This decision shows that bi-partisan solidarity against President Ahmadinejad has won out over partisanship – even in this highly charged election year.

Really? No one won out here, least of all Israel.

Legal threats were issued, arms were twisted, dirty politics of the worst sort, certainly not the type supported by the avg. Jewish American irrespective of party, most especially not over an issue as critical as nuclear weapons possibly being aimed at the State of Israel. If anything major harm has been done to Obama in this highly charged election year, the NJDC has shown its true face to American Jewry, and it is an ugly one at that. Given the choice between Israel & Iran, the NJDC chooses lies, deception, coersion and most important of all.. Obama over all else, no matter who or what may be sacrificed in the process.

I already know who the better choice for Israel in America might be, how sad for the NJDC itself to have proven it so shamefully this week.

[...] In all likelihood, by getting their way and silencing Palin, the Democrats won only a Pyrrhic victory. This political gamesmanship is not going to sit well with most Jewish and pro-Israel voters-including Democrats and Independents-who take the Iranian threat seriously. The same day as the rally, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned that Iran could be hiding certain nuclear activities, and estimated that Iran could go nuclear in just six months. And this past Sunday, no longer content to merely “wipe Israel off the map,”Ahmadinejad presided over a military parade with banners reading “Israel should be eliminated from the universe.”

[...] Obama’s talk of post-partisanship and “reaching across the aisle” looks increasingly divorced from reality. If his operatives can’t even bring themselves to join Republicans in something with such wide bipartisan support and national security implications as preventing the nuclearization of Iran, just where is that supposed post-partisanship going to appear? Do they not agree that the enemy is Ahmadinejad, not the GOP?

There is something very wrong with a party that insists on sitting down with Ahmadinejad without preconditions, but refuses to share a stage with the Republican Party candidate for Vice President of the United States of America.

The article is rather scathing, but entirely true. I’ve railed against US Jewish & Democratic leadership here before, but never have they given me this much heavy ammunition, when Israel itself goes up on the chopping block, well.. This time it isn’t business, it’s personal.